Current Career Highlights
Since 1985, The Buckinghams have toured steadily and performed in arenas, theatres, festivals, and casinos as well as private corporate events. The current band lineup is founding member Carl Giammarese (lead vocals, guitar), founding member Nick Fortuna (bass guitar, vocals), Dave Zane (guitar, vocals), Rocky Penn (drums, vocals), and Bruce Soboroff (keyboards, vocals). The "Buckinghorns", a group of Horn players who perform regularly with the band, include Carlo Isabelli (trumpet), Charles Morgan (trombone), Rich Moore (sax), and Steve Frost (trumpet).
The Buckinghams were given a special place in musical history after 40 years, chosen to headline two Washington, DC, inaugural balls: the 2005 "Twilight on the Prairie Ball” for President Bush's inauguration and the 2009 “Bipartisan Agricultural Ball” for President Obama’s inauguration. Their rendition of the national anthem still finds them in demand for this honor at football, baseball, and basketball games across Chicago and the Midwest.
In 2008 two new albums were released: “Standing Room Only” (also released on BML as The Buckinghams’ “Live and Well”) and the studio album, “Reaching Back,” distributed in retail stores on Los Angeles-based Fuel Records. Giammarese wrote 8 new songs for this studio CD, as a response to fans who had been requesting new songs from The Buckinghams that reminded them of the 60s horn rock sound.
In 2010 Giammarese produced "Up Close", a DVD/CD recording of the band's live concert filmed at the Star Plaza in Merrillville, Indiana the previous year. The project was released by Buckinghams Music Ltd. In 2011 Giammarese released his solo CD, "My Journey," as a companion to his biography, coauthored with Dawn Lee Wakefield, entitled "The Buckinghams: My Journey".
In 2012, Carl Giammarese (together with Nick Fortuna) are on the 2012 Happy Together Tour as The Buckinghams join The Turtles, Micky Dolenz, Gary Puckett, and Grass Roots for the 3rd consecutive anniversary year.
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